<p>You guys need to stop being so pessimistic.</p>
<p>Easy for the accepted one. I am pessimistic by nature. I am sitting here listening to some blues feeling pretty low. I think I might as well send in my letter of intent to another school.</p>
<p>nspeds, i had no idea you applied to chicago! how come you want to leave georgetown? didn't you just transfer in? but anyways, congrats everyone!</p>
<p>No i dont think it means we were necessarily rejected, as some students have called in have been notified of being on the waitlist. I dont want to sound overly optimistic, but I am sure there are a number of applicants that they are still reviewing. That being said, not receiving an email doesn't really help our case.</p>
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nspeds, i had no idea you applied to chicago! how come you want to leave georgetown? didn't you just transfer in?
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<p>I wanted to keep it confidential.</p>
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how come you want to leave georgetown?
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<p>Preprofessionalism.</p>
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didn't you just transfer in?
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<p>Yes. I am probably not leaving, but I need to think about this.</p>
<p>Hmm - looking good for the waitlist to Chicago thus far -</p>
<p>anyone transfer in after one year w/ mediocare high school grades at a very competitive school (3.7 gpa; poor SATs, plenty of leadership in clubs, community service, ib diploma recipient) ?</p>
<p>still got Haas Danoush.</p>
<p>Yeah, weird that nspeds gave off an impression of hating UChi so I thought.</p>
<p>esper: Hope lies in my stats.</p>
<p>nspeds, did you apply to penn also?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
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<li>Fee Waiver Used?:No</li>
<li>SAT I :760 V, 740 M</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 730, 710, 690</li>
<li>ACT: Nope.</li>
<li>APs: None.</li>
<li>IBs: Full IB Diploma, humerous 6 and 7's.</li>
<li>High School Class Rank: Top 10%</li>
<li>College GPA: 3.92</li>
<li>Transferring from CC or 4 year?: 4 year</li>
<li>1 year or 2 years done?: 1 Year</li>
<li>Which school are you transferring from?: Illinois Wesleyan</li>
<li>Major(s): Economics/Political Science- Minor in International Studies</li>
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<p>Subjective:</p>
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<li>ECs listed on app: Undergraduate Research, Executive Board Member in several clubs, Student Gov. Senator, News Editor, Mentoring etc</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: Nothing great- On campus job.</li>
<li>Essays (subject and responses): the first was on a poem about afrobeat. Second was on why I wanted to attend. Third was on a personal story- Sent in a personal statement as well. </li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Both were ereally good I think- One from Econ professor who went to UChicago for his PhD, second was from political science professor.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: None </li>
<li>Dean Rec: Dunno...probably good</li>
<li>Interview (feel and general location): None.</li>
<li><p>Hook (if any): None I can't think of...I'm African?
Location/Person:</p></li>
<li><p>State or Country: Illinois</p></li>
<li><p>Ethnicity: African</p></li>
<li><p>Income Bracket:+30,000</p></li>
<li><p>Gender: female</p></li>
<li><p>Hooks: none</p></li>
<li><p>Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I think it was pretty much arbitrary</p></li>
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<p>Other Factors: None-
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Congrats to all thoise acepted- Not sure if I'm going though but yea, Chicago's an awesome school esp for Econ-really excited I got in and gud luck to all those waiting on decisions!</p>
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<p>Over my dead body!</p>
<p>haha ic. i know you applied to brown, but did you apply to any of the other ivy's?</p>
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haha ic. i know you applied to brown, but did you apply to any of the other ivy's?
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<p>Nope. My transfer ordeal is officially finished. I have all my decisions, and I am definitely not completing these darn applications again.</p>
<p>Okay...so if my decision hasn't been made yet according to Gerald, what do you all think it means? Accepted/rejected/deferred/waitlisted?</p>
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<p>I remember reading somewhere that there will be no deferrees this year.</p>
<p>eek...<em>tries not to vomit</em></p>
<p>What bugs me is that it seems that Gerald didn't reject anyone over the phone.</p>
<p>So what, then, did he tell the rejectees? He says he's being 100% honest, but things just don't add up.</p>
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So what, then, did he tell the rejectees? He says he's being 100% honest, but things just don't add up.
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<p>I think Jerry was being honest. Give him a chance.</p>
<p>Edit: Is there not a UChicago rejectee and waitlistee somewhere on this forum? I remember reading about the situations of both.</p>
<p>If there is a rejectee, than I that would give me hope (that sounds horrible, I know... but you know what I mean).</p>
<p>It just sucks, because I'd much rather be rejected than suspect rejection all weekend. It's very painful. </p>
<p>When I look into my future it's scary... Because I see absolutely nothing clearly. Once I step off the ledge of the 2 years at my cc, it seems like there may be nothing below but an infinite fall. As you can tell, I'm going nutso! :-)</p>